ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 96.04 % in Mongolia; the lowest is 52.77 % in Senegal.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.98 %, and the mean is 81.72 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 18.2%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 21.3%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 96.04 % | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 93.66 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 93.5 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 92.51 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.76 % | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 93.45 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 93.45 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 86.73 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 67.47 % | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 68.56 % | 2013 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 5 | Malta | 92.7 % | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 6 | France | 92.19 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 7 | Sweden | 91.99 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 91.74 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 91.7 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 91.52 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 91.35 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 12 | Angola | 90.63 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Czechia | 90.47 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 90.34 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 90.28 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 90 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 17 | Uruguay | 89.71 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 89.64 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 89.4 % | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 89.33 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 88.99 % | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 22 | Serbia | 88.23 % | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 88.15 % | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | Slovakia | 87.81 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 25 | Lithuania | 87.75 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Denmark | 87.48 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 87.45 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 28 | Georgia | 87.39 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Thailand | 87.24 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Cyprus | 87.13 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 31 | Canada | 87.08 % | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | Ireland | 86.81 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 86.66 % | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 86.64 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 35 | Latvia | 86.56 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Spain | 86.13 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Australia | 85.33 % | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 84.85 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 39 | Bhutan | 84.28 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Israel | 83.98 % | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 41 | Jamaica | 83.36 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 42 | Ecuador | 83.24 % | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 43 | Brunei Darussalam | 82.99 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 44 | Zambia | 82.88 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Republic of Korea | 82.86 % | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 46 | Greece | 82.84 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 80.82 % | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 48 | Indonesia | 80.45 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 79.78 % | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 50 | Panama | 79.7 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 79.4 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Belize | 79.28 % | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 78.69 % | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.65 % | 2018 | — | flat |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 77.56 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 56 | Chile | 77.41 % | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 57 | Armenia | 77.02 % | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.85 % | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 76.37 % | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 76.34 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 61 | Malaysia | 76.12 % | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 62 | Philippines | 75.8 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 63 | Rwanda | 75.71 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 73.85 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 73.3 % | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | India | 73.02 % | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 72.71 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 68 | Namibia | 71.55 % | 2018 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | Pakistan | 71.03 % | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 69.95 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 71 | Guatemala | 69.02 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 72 | Mexico | 68.37 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 73 | South Africa | 67.52 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 67.08 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Egypt | 63.09 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 60.09 % | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 59.6 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 78 | Jordan | 55.19 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 79 | Senegal | 52.77 % | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 81.04 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.